实战口语情景对话 第318期:Pets 宠物

 　　Yeah, so I think from growing up with dogs, like we always had dogs at home or my granddads house, so we were always playing with dogs, so I've never really had a fear of dogs like some people have, and I always considered myself a dog person, you know the way some, well most people consider themselves either a cat person or a dog person so that they either prefer cats or dogs, so I always thought of myself as a dog person, although recently in the last year or two, I'm kind of wondering about that because I've met some really nice cats, though before I always thought of cats as being too, too independent really and almost haughty¹ or snobby² towards people cause they didn't really, they don't really seem to need people or need affection as much as dogs do and that's a really nice part about dogs I think is that you really feel an attachment³ to them and they're so happy when they see you and you can really tell as long as you treat them well obviously that they really love you and they'll look after you.

　　我和小狗一起长大，我家里或者是我爷爷家里一直养小狗，我们经常和小狗一起玩耍，所以我认为，我从来没有像一些人那样害怕小狗，我一直认为我自己是一个喜欢狗的人，你知道，大多数人认为他们自己不是喜欢猫的人，就是喜欢狗的人，所以他们不是喜欢猫就是喜欢狗，而我就一直认为我自己是一个喜欢狗的人，尽管过去这一两年，我一直对此感到怀疑，因为我遇到了几只非常棒的猫咪，之前我一直认为猫咪太过于独立，而且在人类面前表现得傲慢又势利，因为它们好像并不需要人类或是不像小狗那样希望得到关爱，而这点正是小狗一个很棒的地方，我想，你一直能感觉到你和小狗有情感联系，它们看见你会非常高兴，你完全可以明白只要你对它们好，它们就一定会喜爱你，而且它们会照顾你。

1 haughty   

adj.傲慢的，高傲的

参考例句：

• He gave me a haughty look and walked away.他向我摆出傲慢的表情后走开。
• They were displeased with her haughty airs.他们讨厌她高傲的派头。

2 snobby   

a.虚荣的

参考例句：

• Can I really tell my snobby friends that I now shop at-egads-Walmart? 天呐，我真得好意思告诉那帮势利的朋友们我在沃尔玛买东西？

3 attachment   

n.附属物，附件；依恋；依附

参考例句：

• She has a great attachment to her sister.她十分依恋她的姐姐。
• She's on attachment to the Ministry of Defense.她现在隶属于国防部。